elope
were eloping
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past progressiveof elope.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"It's not impossible to forget that we were eloping when all this started."
From Highways in Hiding by George Oliver Smith
They would be married to-night; they were eloping even at this palpitant instant!
From The Bells of San Juan by Jackson Gregory
Her family never suspekted anything and they hung round talking to folks and shaking hands while Miss Jemima Parr and my mothers uncle Thomas were eloping outside.
From The Golden Road by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
We were eloping in the new definition of the word.
From Highways in Hiding by George Oliver Smith
The wimpling lane slid as silently away from the sleeping loch as though it were eloping and feared to awake an angry parent.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
